GOLAN et al.v. The lead petitioner in the case, Lawrence Golan, is a music professor and conductor who challenged the law because it made performance of many works prohibitively expensive for many small orchestras.

Brief for the CATO Institute Brief for the Conductors Guild and the Music Library As

Reply for Lawrence Golan et al.

The Court soundly rejected Golan's argument that taking works out of the public domain violated the constitutional "limited times" requirement, following the reasoning from Eldred v. … Opinion Date: January 18, 2012.

873 (2012), including the facts, issue, rule of law, holding and reasoning, key terms, and concurrences and dissents. The U.S. copyright law in question had taken previously available material out of the public domain.


Amicus Briefs in Support of the Petitioners Brief for the American Library Association et al.
HOLDER, ATTORNEY GENERAL, et al. Golan v. Holder. Merits Briefs for the Petitioners Brief for Lawrence Golan et al. By taking the works out of the public domain, Congress had impinged on his vested free speech interest in using those works. The Supreme Court’s decision in Golan v. Holder, 565 U.S. 302 (2012), upheld U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder’s defense of a U.S. copyright law against challenges brought by orchestra conductors, musicians, publishers, and others. Docket Number: 10-545.

Judge: Ginsburg. Golan v. Holder, U.S. 2012 Procedural History: In 2001, petitioners filed this lawsuit challenging § 514. 10–545. The District Court granted the Attorney General’s motion for summary judgment.

Petitioners are orchestra conductors, musicians, publishers, and others who formerly enjoyed free access to literary and artistic works section 514 of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (URAA), 17 U.S.C. Court: U.S. Supreme Court. A summary and case brief of Golan v. Holder, 132 S.Ct. certiorari to the united states court of appeals for the tenth circuit No.